Use your thumb. The alternating thumb pattern is essential. Do it until it’s automatic and you never have to think about it. That way the thumb plays the base automatically, and your other fingers﻿ are free to play the melody later on, after you’ve progressed in your playing beyond pattern picking.

Hi Marty thanks for the tutorial dude your amazing man! you rock. I have﻿ one question instead of using my thumb for the d string could i use my index feels more natural or is it better to use my thumb in advanced finger playing styles in the future? many thanks if you could shed some light on this.

holy s*** you mean there is a style of playing that your not good at,i thought you could play every style ! funny that ive been playing forever myself im not as good as you but i also could never quite get the hand of fingerstyle, thanks for the﻿ lesson !!!

MOST EXCELLENT for this old fart! Just beginning to play, fingers are calloused and this is soooo cool. Exercises my fingers and gives me a feeling that I’m actually playing a song. Fantastic. Thank-you so very much for your kindness of sharing your expertise. Peace and Love to you, to all your﻿ Loved ones and to all those you haven’t yet met. jP

Hey guys! We do covers! We just started today, but we have uploaded videos and more will be coming soon! We just did a cover on R5′s What Do I Have To Do! It’s a great song, please check it out!﻿ Our voices aren’t really good so please don’t hate! Thanks!